Moral-Tale

Once there was a farmer who lived with his two sons in a place very far from the city and near a mountain pass. His personality was very bad, and over the years his habits became worse. He became more cruel with the animals he owned. He treated them badly without reason, especially the dogs he would beat and stone. One day of severe winter, a severe snow storm occurred at the time his eldest son was returning from the city to the farm where they lived. The weather was extremely terrifying, which made the son lose his way back to his residence. Then he fell on the snow, losing consciousness. ...

Two workers were walking on their way to work. One of them saw an axe thrown in one of the fields. He took it and said: I found an axe. His colleague said to him: Don’t say I found an axe, but say we found an axe, because we are two and should be partners in it. The Two Workers and the Axe Owner: The first wasn’t satisfied with that judgment and resolved to have the axe for himself alone. Before they left the field, the axe owner saw them, chased them, caught them, and threatened to raise their matter to the mayor for taking an axe that wasn’t theirs. ...

Once there was a king called Midas. He owned a very large amount of gold, to the point people called him the man who owned the largest amount of gold in the whole world. Despite being very rich, he kept collecting and gathering money. His biggest dream was for his daughter Zoe to become the richest girl in the world. Zoe was a beautiful, gentle, simple, and elegant girl. She was different from her father in everything, as all her dreams were a beautiful garden decorated with flowers and a quiet place to live in. One day, King Midas was sitting in the residence where he placed the gold. Suddenly, a man wearing white clothes came out to him named Silenus. He was the god of wealth who approached King Midas carefully, then said: Your Majesty, I can give you more gold than you own. ...

Once there was a child with a very bad personality, behaving disrespectfully toward others. His father decided to discipline him in a different way. He gave him a bag full of nails and asked him to be calm and patient, and to put a nail in the back wall of the house every day. The little boy had many nails with him, and every day he put a group of them in the wall. His father wanted to control his bad personality and his constant mischief by putting those nails in the wall. ...

Winter came in the month of May! Yes, May, for the place is the South Pole and seasons follow opposite to their order in the northern half of the globe. Darkness prevailed, which would continue until the arrival of spring in September, and the blizzard winds intensified, reaching speeds of 300 kilometers per hour. The Female Penguin: The female emperor penguin bird was about to lay the egg she had carried inside for a long time. She had supplied it with rich nutrients that made her body as a mother weaken severely. Finally, the female laid her egg to brood over it as birds do! ...

It is told that in ancient times, there was a king who had three daughters, and God had not blessed him with sons. He loved them very much, but the youngest was closest to his heart. Once, the king wanted to tell them of his love for them, so he brought his eldest daughter and said to her: My precious daughter, tell me how much is your love for your father? ...

In the morning, the little striped donkey was the first among the newly arrived animals to be examined by the chief veterinarian in the century-old ancient zoo. The Veterinarian: With every new shipment of animals recently arrived at the zoo, the old veterinarian would perform his recurring work energetically, conducting a precise medical examination on them to treat any wounds or diseases they might have. He then ordered them placed in cages or pens designated for their type so the public could see them. ...

Among the beautiful stories that grandparents still pass down to grandchildren is the story of the young man whom the king made a knight. The story revolves around a foundling young man who didn’t own anything of this world’s possessions except a barley grain. This was the only inheritance he received from his parents. The young man decided to travel in God’s vast land searching for sustenance and adventure. The young man set off carrying nothing for provisions except the barley grain. Darkness fell after he had walked a long distance. He knocked on a farmer’s door requesting shelter, and before sleeping, he placed the barley grain on the doorstep. Then he said to the house owner: This grain is all I own, and I hope no one steals it from me. The farmer replied: Don’t worry my son. Then he said: Be at ease, nothing is lost with us. Then the young man slept with peace of mind. ...

It is told that long ago there was a city with a strange law. Every year, a different king from the previous one ruled it. The people of this city would choose this king and install him on the first day of each year. After his term ended, they would send him to a distant island to spend the rest of his life there. After that, they would choose another king, and so on. ...

Flood waves attacked the Sri Lankan shore fiercely, killing thousands of people, destroying houses, hospitals, and schools on land, and throwing fishing boats into the air to settle crushed above the roofs of collapsed houses. Giant ships moved like paper boats children play with, played with by giant waves and thrown in the end above the tops of felled coconut trees. The Occurrence of the Disaster: The residents of the small poor fishing village overlooking the Indian Ocean didn’t feel the approach of the giant waves that surprised them, hitting the shore at a height exceeding ten meters. These waves called tsunami rush under the surface of deep water at a speed reaching the speed of a plane, without revealing themselves, then suddenly crash into the shore, rise high, and rush with terrifying force to drown and destroy everything. ...